Teaching the Communicative Use of English.

Allen, J. P. B.|Widdowson, H. G.

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ERIC Number: EJ099670

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1974

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Teaching the Communicative Use of English

Allen, J. P. B.; Widdowson, H. G.

International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching XII, 1-21, Jan 74

There is a need for a new approach to the teaching of English as a foreign language which will shift the focus of attention from the grammatical to the communicative properties of language in order to show how the language system is used to express scientific facts and concepts. (Author/LG)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Language Skills, Scientific Concepts

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